The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-23
QUERIES AND ANSWERS.
MR.. pRocToR's HOME.


Please give the address of Richard A. Proctor
the astronomer and lecturer. 1NCOGNITO.
WILLIAMsPoRT, Oct. 90
He will be reached by addressing him at st.
Louis. No.
Who was the author of 1.-The Battle Hymn of the
Rep1Slies Please ear ans we in Sunday journal
Julia Ward Howe
BUFFALO WILLIAM.
sW F. Cody now in London. the original Buffalo
WAvELAND. Oct. 20. ZEN HANNA.
1t is the came old original Bill.
ADDIsoNs BINDING.
Are Addson's volumes issued in library forml That
is. in paper binding.) CLARENCE SwARTs.
WILLIAMsPoRT, Oct. 90.
Yes. We do not know just what you mean,
but they issued in every style of binding.
VETERINARY JOURNAL
Please ten me where the Veterinary Journals pub
Eshed. g. w. BINcKLEr.
PRINCETON. Oct. 3.
We know of no such paper The American
Veterinary Review of New York city. or the
Journal Of Comparative Medicine and Surgery.
OF Philadelphia. are the best known veterinary
publications.
FINANCE AND TARIFF.
1. What is the amount of money in the United
in crena M 5 What Ss sos
amount of tariff collected by States
s. What is the amount collected on irona 6. How
many men are engaged In collecting the tariff 2.
What is the cost per year of collecting the tariff
RICHMOND. Oct. Is. VIM. HILL.
l. On October L. $47S. 896. 512. 2 In gold and
silver certificates and certificates of deposit,
$22s, S4. 500 3. The amount of customs for the
year ending June 30, 1856. was 1892. 9O5. 023. 4.
For year ending June 80. 1886, $50. 265, 538. 5.
For year ending June 80 1886. iron and steel
iron, and scrap-.ron. s2Ol7, PSI; iron-ore $685.
1913: total, ST. Ia $50 Between four and
five thousand, varying at different seasons. In
1885 the average number was 4,52z T. About
mill 0f ha haa haon
steadily increasing since lS8O-at the rate OF
over 100000 per annnm. In 1885 the exact
amount was So 918. 221 -.
WAR MATTERS
L. Was the Arlington estate taken under the
confscaton act of 1868, by what means did the
What is the date of General Ambrose E. Burnsdes
death and the Union loss at fredericksburg when he
at the Soldiers Home. Washington. D. ca A. who
founder of the Loyal Legion dare of found.
It and the e. g. What the
status of Mt. Vernon, Va. during the war-was it
federate forcesl
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. g.
/. The Arlington estate was bought by the
National government under the direction OF
Presidents Lincoln under the insurrectionary
tax act of 1862, and amendatory act OF Feb 6,
1868, commonly known as the confscation laws
The sum paid was $26. 500. After the death Of
R. E. Lee. the heir. G. W. GUSTS Lee, offered to
sell the government his claim to the estate. and
It was - subsequently 3Ss3 m purchased from him
Fredericksburg was killed. 1.13S; wounded,
9.1O5; missing. 2.078; total. IL 32l g. On Sept
80. 1884, the date of our latest report, the num-
Der was 704. 1t is probably about the same now.
f. The Loyal Legion founded at Philndsl-
phia soon after the close Of the war. 1t is
organized the principle of the Society of Gin
cinnati The original membership
stricted to commissioned officers of the Union
Army, and on the death of member his eldest
son succeeds to his place. The Grand Army is
open TO all soldiers and mono but soldiers hence
it dies with the death of the survivors of the
war. 5. Mt. Vernon was within the Union
lines. 1t not occupied in a military sense.